# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1906_S55
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‘The Lutheran Pioneer.

55

New Orleans Items.

THE ANNUAL Jornt-CoNrEreNcE of our local
colored congregations was held in Mount Zion
Lutheran Church August 13th to 15th. The Ar-
rangement Committee had invited Rey. Wenzel’s
congregation at Mansura, La., to take part in the
conference by sending a delegation. However, the
congregation had to content itself with sending
fraternal greetings by mail, the farmers being un-
able to leave their fields at this season for any
length of time. The conference was a success in
every respect. At the opening service the large
Mount Zion Church, which had been beautifully
decorated for the occasion, was well filled, among
those present being quite a number of strangers.
The Rey. J. Kossmann, of Bethlehem Church, de-
livered a fine sermon on John 15, 5, and the choirs
of St. Paul’s and Mount Zion churches beautified
the service by rendering appropriate selections.
After the close of the service, the Rev. F. J. Lan-
kenau reported on the affairs of Luther College.
This institution is on the point of closing a very
prosperous year, and this, notwithstanding the fact
that the present force of instructors, crippled as it
is, has been compelled to work over-time, in order
to do justice to the work. All loyal Lutherans here
as well as elsewhere must continue to labor and
pray for the institution if it is to prosper in the
future. :

Monday night’s meeting was chiefly occupied
with the discussion of a paper by the Rev. K. Kretz-
schmar on “Marriage and Divorce.” On Tuesday

night the Rey. F. J. Lankenau delivered a lecture

on “Predestination.” Both subjects were the choice
of the Arrangement Committee. The attendance
at both these sessions was very large, in fact, the

great interest shown in the proceedings by the.

people was the most gratifying feature of the con-
ference. An evidence of this interest is the sum
of $28.82, which is the aggregate of the collections
during the conference. Of this sum, $9.00 are
intended for the general College Fund and $7.42
for the Library of the institution, while $12.40 are
to be the beginning of a Mission Building Fund
in charge of a committee made up of representa-
tives of the three local congregations.

WE ARE AUTHORIZED to announce the engage-
ment of Prof. R. A. Wilde, of St. Paul’s School,
to Miss Regina Meibohm, a daughter of Prof. D.
Meibohm, of Mount Zion School.

Our scHoots will close during the last week
in June. All of them have had a very successful
year, both with respect to attendance and finances.
If the increase next fall is in proportion to that of
the past year, our teachers will not be able to take
care of the crowds.

A NUMBER OF NEW MEN have been called into
the local field, all of them being this year’s grad-
uates of our seminaries in the North. One of
them will go to Luther College, one to St. Paul’s
School, and one to Bethlehem School to take the
place of Prof. Geo. Wolf, who has resigned his
office.

COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES at Luther College
will be held on June 25th.
_—— o-oo

Closing Exercises at Immanuel Lutheran
College.

Immanuel College completed its third scholastic
year on the 31st of May. A large and appreciative
audience attended the closing exercises. Five stu-
dents graduated fromthe preparatory course. Two
of these intend to begin the study ‘of theology next
year, and the rest will take the normal course.
The exercises consisted in orations and essays by
the graduates, intermingled with male, female, and
mixed choruses. Amn address was delivered by the
writer on “Failures in Life.”

On Sunday Rogate, May 20, eight students were
added to the church by the rite of Confirmation,
and on the Sunday following the entire student
body gathered around the communion table.

The attendancé upon our regular Sunday ser-
vices by the people in the community has been
fairly good. At times the two rooms in which the
services were conducted were well filled. Some
have expressed a desire to become Lutherans, and
we expect to organize a congregation next year.

At night of commencement day a banquet was

given in honor of the graduating class. The dining

hall was tastefully and profusely decorated with
the flowers of the season, and a number of short
addresses was delivered by the students.
May God continue to prosper Immanuel College!
N. J. B.

Noan stood against the whole world, but Noah
was right and the whole world was wrong; for the
former stood on the Word of God, and the latter
on the opinions of men.